Coin: æ sextans

Museum number:
8-7842
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080007842
Alternate number:
8-3971c (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Rome
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Mercury (Roman deity)
Inscription:
ROMA
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Sextans
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
250-200 BC
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 2.94 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ sextans, accession number 8-7842, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; sextans. 2.94 grams. Green patination. (’Uncial standard’)? Obverse: Head of Mercurius facing right. Reverse: Prow facing right; on right, two dots; below ROMA.

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